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THE OREGON STATCSMAN. 'sALEM.: OREGON : ! THURSDAY MORNING APRIL YU 1923 J Jh f ,1 r , k Farm Loans 83 YEARS u Per Cent Interest A. C Bofomtedt Ctesentlng Portland Joint Stock Land Bank 407 Masonic Tempi Salem, Oregon Leather Goods of Quality Ea-s, 8nlU Cases, Puttees ; F.E.Shafcr rkoa 411 170 8. Coml :.) Salem, Ore, . i ; 0u MmIj On UitM: T Bm Oar" s OoMnttM Cspiial City Co-cpsralTve Creanery , A asa-prafit rgsalsatloa wad mtirtly br tka Air7Ba. Qirw H.trUl. : j . . JUavfMtmrcta ( Bwttaev Btr a- rvw Omw" I , nm tii m ft. omi st. 3T ID WHY IS THE- PUIT1T THAT GETS , v - - r - - II -;'.. ; .-.-. s . . , .................... -......,- - . - . , .. . - : in j - - i HARNESS The Pulse Family All Legumes, With Little Knots or : Bumps Which the Scientists Call Nodules, a n d These are Nature's Factories That Silently Extract From the Air and Store in the Ground Rich Food for nant Lite ,,-,,:-1,:,:.7; Modern farming and gardening tftpr&tnre - has a Ereat deal to say about fertilizing by legumes tsd the adTisabillty of planting kgumea so that" they appear f rora lime to time in every portion of the garden. 5 Just what .'-Is a leg- A legume, strictly speaking, la a seed pod Of certain form. The rea. and bean- nroduce ' them. ' The pea, bean, clorers and many, other plants belong to a family known it the pulse family and one of their . characteristics Is that they bear their seeds in legumes. so the term legume Is applied to any member of the family. The wis taria and the. White locust tree are legumes. jSd is the sweet jea and the white ddrer. They all haT batterfly shaped or two-winged flowersr t: ' t' . But the'remarkable thing about the legume is thatMtptias always possessed a secret for which sclent lists hare : striren- for years' and whick oaly:- to ' some- degree was dlscoTered during ' the war- under stress i of "dire -iiecessity-that of TIIEBOKSilll . I.1SDE SELF SUPPORTiriS? Scme bood Farmers and Fruit Growers in the Salem ' District Say it Can, Given the Bight t Kind of Land to : VJnrW WHh anr! Fflrl PfiafCVJ FfUit i E X D e T t, HaS i - t . ... . i Worked Out a tentative Some practical men acquainted with farming and fruit growing conditions; in the Salem (district hre been making estimates con cerning the possibility t jmakiUg the boys', training school self sup porting. ' ; : - ' ' ' ' ! . :' They hold that, it Is quite as important to train these; boys as Prodneers of human food by the eoitivation of the ' soil .and. the barresting of the crops growny on the soli as It is to glye them tech IctI training In shops during the limited time bf their stiy , in the institution. : -j - : " ' , Why Xot Do ItT '-: The j demand for small . fruits for canning and for certain stan dard orchard ." products and nuts grown ; in the Willamette Talley is-bow sach that there can be no logfcaj, oljiecaton ,to Aheir trb dactloa on a commercial scale by a institution of this kind, and the well directed, labor of the many hands: available will go far towards making the Ircstitution self supporting. ill Pearcy Says Kntircly Ro - Earl Pearcy. the well known orchard expert, says the institu tion , can i be made entifelyj i sell sapnprtiBg. y -' .v: , How? :w;;.. '. -Hers. Is'hls . pIanrV.-:4-'-4 " Beginning with the first crop for: canning gooseberries - and running through the season with practically continuous harvest of uccewllng (crops employing 100 fcoyg as pickers of the ripening rrP. ho ma5ke the following Ust and estimate! or .probable income: ' r- , C1 TD TI IT IT TT : CV A TT ' Tl ftiI. Fv O TH TPh It h TP I ll .W.. II" . ' . . T3 . Dates of Slogans (In Twiee-a-Week Statesman Following Day) LorintMsrrlei, Oet. i. Prunes. Oct. 1J. Dairying, Oct. 19. , , riax. Oct. 16, . - Filberts. Not. 1. ' , . ' Walnntt, Not."-. Strawberrlee, Not. 1C. . Apples,! Not. 21. IUspberriee,N6T. 10 Mint, December T. Oreat coirs, etc. Dee. IS. r Blackberries, Des. IS. Cberrles, Dec Jt. Pears. Jan. 4, list. rJi . Gooseberries. Jan. 11 i Corn,: Js IS. ' : Celery. Jan.; 25. Spinach, etc;, Feb. 1. 'Onions, etc, Feb. 8 Potatoes, etc, Feb. 15. : Bees, Feb. 22. .. it s Poultry and pet stock. Mar. 1. Goats, March 8. . f Beans, etc., March 15. ' PTed highwajB, March 22. Broccoli, etc... March 2S : : ' Silos, etc, April 5. ,:.., Iiesumes, April X2 " if , , Asparagus, etc, April 19. Grapes, etc, April 28. ' , LEG U ME? THE NITRATES FROM AIR n- taking; nitrogen frcm the air and making it into -nitrates. . " Each legume is a miniature rfltrate factory, ' and it does Its work secretly and underground. It is the only family of plants possessing-, this characterise c. Pull up a. ' pea or bean, or dig Up a cloTer and look'at the roots. You, will find them covered with little knots or bumps which the Ubotanlsts call . nodulesJ f fThese are the nitrate factories. Thev are caused by a small organism, a bacteria or bacterold,; which has the faculty 'est grabbing the nitro gen and .storing it.; Where a legume, grows,' some of tiese nitrogen gathering becteria are left lo the soil. It'is now: possi ble to inoculate the soil with them through "cultures Tery . cheaply procurable at seed stores. . Plowing under the legumes is now recognized as a scientific way of maturing. The dying roots f tfted 1 with nitrates provide tbe nitrogen In 4 proper form for the plants besides adding to the tex ture of "the soil.: m n.iAi.MM IntntnH i nan onuuiam inmcu ' Gooseberries, ,8 000 pounds at 5c; $400 - per eqre 10 acres. $400&. y f.l s . . Strawberrjes, 6000 pounds at 6c : ; $ 3 6 0 per acre 1 0 acres j $ 3.- Red raspberries, 8000 poiunds at 9c; I HlO'per acre 10 acres, 17,20ft.; :": :!-:':";: : I Black cap r raspberries, j 6,000 pounds at 8c; $480 er acre 10 acres. $4,800. '; -!-,' j Cherries, 10.000 pounds at 8c; $800 per acre 20 acres, j $I6. Evergreen , blackberries, 12,000 pounds at 5c, $600 per acre 10 acres $6,000. ; . -1 - ; - Bartlett i .pears, ? I2-.000 . pounds at 3e; $360 per.acre 20 1 acres. $7,200. :s-. -;' ..'-v-. I Filberts,! 1000 pounds at, 20c; ; $200 per acre--10 acres, $2,000- Walnuts, 2000 pounds at 25c; $500 per acre -100 acres. $50.- ooo. ' Ur .'".:" . j . Prunes,. 2,000 r pounds at 8c; $ 1 GO per acre--same , acres, $ 1 6, 00v. . ; - '-r-!;' : ! ' ' Flax, 4.000 pounds jat 2c $80 per acre 40 acres', $3,200. " Mint, 60 pounds at $3; $180 per acre f 49 acres, $7,200. Total. $127,200. ; Farmers Invited to Comment : The plan of Mr. Pearcy would contemplate the possession by the hoys' school of -some; 5 09 to 600 acres of good soil: part of it sus ceptible or irrigation. It would contemplate a home garden 'and home orchard, about 20 acres.! fi 'i- r ':-' :' It would contemplate about' 200 acres under crop rotation for SCHOOL BE in Daily Statesman Drug sarden, May 8. 8ug-ar beets, sorshum, u 10 'te,! Water poirers, May IT. Irritation, May 24. . Minis. May SI. Land, Irrigation, etc.; June 7. I Dehydration, June 14. . j Hops, cabbage, etc, Jane 21. 1 i Wholesaling and Jobbing June 28. Cucumbers, ete July f . Hogs, July 12. City beautiful, ete., Tuly It. Schools, etc, July 26. I Sheep, Aug. 2. . National adTertlslng, Aug, t. : Seeds, etc., Aug, 16. ": LiTestbck, Aug. 22. I Automptlre Industry, Aug. 10. j f Grain- and' grain - products. Sept. 6. , - v f I Mannfacturtng, Sept. IS. J ; Woodworking, etc, Sept. 20.r i Paper mills, etc. Seot. JZ7. ! 1 (Back copies of the Thursday editions of the Daily Oregon Statesman are 09 hand. They are for sale at '10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current cop ies. 5c.) corn, hay, grain, etc., for 60 cows, 12 horses, 100 hogs and a, flock f hens, and ; potatoes for home use.: . I ' I . ; - -r ; ! i You May Cut It In Two ; ; j iYou may cut the estimated $ 1 2 7,2 00 in two, and still ; have a 'self supporting institution, with the present number of boys around ISO. ' ; '; . i Some reader will say : Mr. Pearcy is low on pears. Another win say he is high a strawberries.- And so on down the line, ff j Well, any reader is invited to shoot holes into this, estimate. f Taere should be a full anil free discussion. It would be a good thing, all around. 1 t i ij If the boys, school.' can' bu nade self supporting, or f mora than self supporting, and still more reformatory; or of more benefit to the boys, the thing to do is to make it self supporting. Who says it cannot be'done? Who says the estimates ' above are wrong? ' And how are they wrong? Nitrate Fertilizers': Benefit Garden Crops 150 Pounds to Acre Right- ' "(Following Is a enrrent bulle tin of the department of Indus trial journalism of the Oregon Agricultural cpllege: ) ; Applications df nitrogen fertil izers materially benefit ' spring garden crops. Nitrogen is one of the essential plant Jood elements and Is directly associated with vegetable! growth. Sodium ni trate or Chili saltpeter furnishes nitrogen in a form that is readily available for plant use." L . Mi " . Much depends' on applying' the nitrate at the right .time, the best being early In, the. growing period of the plant. ' The increased ben efit ; will compensate for .'any losses due to leaching. : j! j The application of sodium i ni trate recommended Jfor the gar den is 150 pounds to the acre. Large lumps should be crushed and screened through one-fourth inch -screen or smaller.; Before spreading the fertilizer mix with twice Its weight' qf sand or air slacked lime, to act as a filler and aid In even distribution. Some times superphosphate is used with sodium nitrate, ISO pounds of nitrate to 300 pounds of super phospate. After thorough mix ing these fertilizers are applied broadcast or. Jjy fertilizer distri buting, machines. Work the 'ma terial lntaf the surface soil with a harrow or other tool, i , " Sodlum'nltrate fertilizers should never1, be ! applied directly to the damp foliage as burning will result.- Do not" put an excess near the base of plants. ,i jfj Radishes, spinach, lettuce, peas, cabbage, turnips and other i early garden , crops . respond - readily to the application of nitrate fertili zers. . v i ', v : j:. ; .v -Hi.-- FIRST MONUMENT . TO AN APPLE TREE ; (Continued J page 2) ; umn -was covered witi big red apples of; an aroma and flavor such as ' .'the owner had , never found in- another orchard. It was a new apple altosether. - For IS years after bearing its first .crop the new treej bore ann ually and Increasingly) before its discovefer found n way, of mak ing, it 'knowq .beyond his neigh borhood; During . these 15, years 11 IS VERY HVraTANT THE MORE LEGUMES THE GREATER WEALTH i i 1 ! 'M .. L The more legumes for the Salem 'district the greater wealth, and greater growth and solidity of Salenul . v; -. ',lV-'i 'j v; t Oar district already leads in the production of red clover and vetch seedgoing towards a million dollars a year of returns , fori these prod" ucts- And we produce nearly all the vetch seed grown in America; produce it for nearly Wery body else. V V: j The increased acreage in red clover, 'this spring is great; over 400 per cent over the growth of last year. ! . ; '' !! !j ' The acreage in white clovers is growing. The alfalfa acreage is increasing fast , -I Our growers are trying out soy beans on a considerable scale, r' v: - -; 'A Y I J We are now a great legume country , r And we are now on ing the greatest legume American continent. CASCADE BRAND HAMS BACON AND LARD U. S. Inspected ! J : SALEM, OREGON "AmoST'PEIIlATES CAPE HORN'S TIP. i Xi? ' " - zs V'Y-.y-' - ' -' , - mm- . ... i fv.-"l ,Mi-iS"I-. , rwrnmv. -W"w J t'jT'm"U ' I v '..x'c "i A - w"'''- " j, J Rockwell Kent, artist aiid amateur explorer, has returned after an absence of ten morjfths, mostly spent down, near Cape Horn, trying to reach th eCae's tip. Mr. Kent doesn't look like a man who nearly died on the Strait of Magellan when his small boat sprung a leak. His veitures included a! journey to Patagonia and Terra del Fuego. . ', ' . 1 . - 1 - ( he' .tried to Interest various nur series in his tree, but without suc cess. Finallr he sent samples of the apples toa" fruit show in IMis souri. The, manager of the show, who was a practical nurserytnan, was attracted by the appearance of the apples, lie bit into one,1 and Immediately exclaimed, "Delici ous!" .Thus was born the name of the new fruit. He looked to see who hadgsent In the exhibit, but the tag had become lost In the shuffle, and there was nd way of Identifying the exhibitor. There, was nothing to do but wait. In the hope that the unknown' exhibitor would send apples the next year. And he did. This time the manager unpacked the exhibits 1 himself, and discovered from whom tbe "Delicious" apples had come. The result was a contract with, the owner' of the tree giving the nur seryman the right to propagate anJ market scions from the tree. A scion, 'horticultu rally, is a slip or cutting from a, twig ; of; shoot of a tree for grafting or' planting. New York Sunday Times. FARMERS TO VISIT Fl Week of June 11-16 Set : Apart: by the College i People for Inspection ; fjCounty excursions to OAC to in spect the purposes, methods and results s of. 4 experiment station work will be i made by farmers and "their . families, conducted by county agents,. In the mid-June season. Field crops, fruits and vegetables and even livestock' and our way towards becom-".. district on the North dairy cattle; aref making about I . i " i . . . . . ineir supreme eiions oi me en tire year at this time, while farm-' eiis . have a. little breathing spell just before the ,bulk , o harvest work. .'. "Detailed information on just what these visitors may expect td jee in these excursions will be supplied by .the department heads,'! says W.. I. Kadderly, as sistant f county agent leader, in making the announcement. "The general pun win De similar to last year's programs, with such improvements as were suggested by experience." i f Counties now expected to send delegations are Columbia, Mult nomaht ' Clackamas VVTashington, Yamhill, Polk, Marion, . Linn, Benton. Lincoln, Lane and Doug las. ! They will be grouped cording to convenience, and the lower valley and Columbia river counties j will bf given Monday si they may start Sunday if they Wish. ! ' f-V ; : BUY AN 7 AND Realize the Difference j i;;: :r ' if :r',;-;:-:: : QUALITY CARS High St, at Trade OVERLAND 260 North High Street Boost This by Advert Islnar 1 Pages DO YOU KNOW that Salem is the center of a district in which the legumes do wonderfully well;, that no country can grow better red or. sweet clover, or, better vetches or field peas; that alfalfa does j well here on certain soils; that the orchardisi may grow here the finest of cover crops in leg- . . . s- . - j. i... , -, -.4 ., . ,: limes; that the dairyman may grow the best legumes for his uses; that the bee keeper may raise sweet clover for bee pas ture to his heart's content -that, in short, the former of this district now; has the knowledge in his noodle, of ther great value of the nodules on the rootlets of the legumes; and that he must use this knowledge? . -v.:.) . -I r - i "I This week,! June 1 1-1 6, will be one of the quietest; of; jthe- whole college year; between the; third term and (.the opening of the" sum mer session.! ThKs rwlll glve the instructional; -experiment station and extension'! service staffs .op portunity to direct the field tours and meet hundreds of farmers to discuss special-; problems. : with them. ' :l'':'A, ilJit' , " :, The exact j day ' alloted to ; dele gates from the several 'counties will be determined and announc ed soon. THE FIRST TWELVE 5 They! are 1 the - Most Import ant Days ot the Lite of I the Feathered Young' ,' ' . . ; . The most-, work is spent on chicks the first twelve weeks of their existence. By that time the growing chick, if properly fed and yarded. Is better able to shift for himself. The caretaker should plan to spend most of his time with day-old chicks until they are six weeks j old. They, must be watched and; their 1 special needs must be apprehended unless they are fortunate enough to have a hen mother. One has to watch hen mothers these days, however, when the $ maternal instincts are being bred out of hens In the in terests ot j big; S 1 laying records. Watch them a few days ' to ; bo sure they f are good mothers. Yarded mother, hens with - a fol lowing of chicks, are not at liber ty to-do all kinds of stunts and must be helped out, It is a good SILO CORN A Specialty ... D. A. WHITE & SONS Salem, Oregon! Insist , on ; Better-Yet IT'S BETTER OWPCO i i l-M ' . :. : ; Broom handles, mop ban dies, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles, manufactured by the -f fj . ;- . ' . ;.;.:.W.;V Oregon Wood Products Co. - 1 i West Balem Anto Electrio Work - E.D. BARTON 171 8. Commercial fit. WEEKS DF CHICK Breaq Phono 1995 Community , on the Slosaa i'i'J- plan t'o house the mother hen and hers, in a small house, opening in to wired' run low run some two feet bilgh, so no outsider can actually f bother rhen M Bhe . will probably .fight throtiga the wires a hen wanting the chick feed. All kinds of little troubles arise that heed seeing to. jif one Is brooding day-old - chicks J In a brooder he has his head full of anxiety and his hands bysy all the daylight for a week. After that' he can lis ten for chick cries and run out in response to them. : Nothing1 Is more pathetic than the - cries of broqder chicks, but chicks do not cry It; warm and well fed. Acci dents make them cry out for help and one must expect I to' be near with protection'. until they, are six weeks' old, at least. ! It pays to spend enough time with the chicks the first 12 weeks of their exist ence, and bring them well up,to thai: date, so the rest of the year can be .one's own except at feed ing time.: . J , 'i v :.. Li-f; ; As To The 3Iaeb Both the commercial' and home made; mashes have their fields. The commercial breeder could not afford to feed anything but ' a commercial mash, because of the help , he would .have,, to hire Co serve the home made mash, even if he could get enough home-made stuff to use one. What makes home poultry pay is the home-table leavings carefully j sorted and fed by a caretaker, who is not on a money wage. The commercial mash' is ground - grain and does not carry to the fowls the variety of foodstuffs; the-' home mash (Continued on page 4) OREGON PULP S PAPER CO '-r ?.t 'j., BALEM, OfUCOON ' . ' ' ' Manufacturers of . . . . i .... ...... ..-!.":.. "- High Grade Wrapping Papcn tsd Paper Specialties SUBJECT IS Aspargus and Other Things ' Licensed Lady' Embalmer' . to care for women and . children Is a necessity in ' j all funeral homes. We are : the only ones furnishing such service.. - 0 Terwilliger Funeral Home 7Tt CbemekeU SC. . Vhonm 724 Salem, Oregon Salem's great prosperity depends largely en k games produced on the land here, x : ' '-Tt The . BOY SCOUTS f deserve the 'support of f everyone s who wishes 'to Inculcate. high prin ciples of manhood Into, the youth of our land. ri This space paid for by Xhleisea IUhn - Eat Plate Day Weatherly Ice Gre Bold ' Terywhere j Buttercup IceCreamu SVftO fiouUi Oonnnerclal CU Dodge DnoTtizus .y:y, i'l--' r - .;. . SEDWI ; Bcsssisd LIs!:rjCo. 184 8, Ooml St. Phone 43 FAIRTJOUHT DAIRY Perfectly P&xlcsrizcd MILK AND CREAI1 Phcae723 . HOTEL MARION -'. .'.: ..I : V SALE1J, OSEGOII ' j.ne ljarsrest End Host Complete i Hostelry la Oregon Out of Pcrtlind DRAGmlFIUfiT I ; .C0;.IPM. Dried . Frcil Ptdisra 21 8. nigh St., Salem. Or. Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinda J heoLLBarr-; i Plnrdbiasr, Heatizj tzl 164 S. 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